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- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"><head xmlns:h="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" profile=""><title>Chapter 6. Lesson 6</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.2"/></head><body><div class="chapter"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e18866" shape="rect"/>Chapter 6. Lesson 6</h1></div></div></div><div class="informaltable"><table class="informaltable" width="100%" border="1"><colgroup span="1"><col span="1"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">Lesson №6</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">WHERE DO YOU LIVE?</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1">УРОК № 6</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="Images/FsiRussianFast-Lessons6-8-2.png" alt="Lesson 6"/></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a id="d0e18886" shape="rect"/><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Где вы живёте?</em></span></h1></div></div></div><p>«<span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше</em></span>» as the
- Russians say: "There's no place like home". And this is true even if home is in the taiga in
- Siberia, down along the Volga or beyond the Ural mountains. Russians in the major metropolitan
- areas and the larger cities live in high-rise apartment buildings, whereas those in the rural
- areas tend to live in single-family homes. A drive through <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">провинция</em></span> the provinces will reward you with glimpses of those homes which
- are usually wooden, single-story and often brightly painted and decorated. Quite a contrast to
- the concrete monsters in the major urban areas!</p><p>Housing, whether in terms of quality or quantity, has always been a problem in Russia and
- continues to be so today. The recent move toward privatization has made it possible for some
- Russians to buy their apartments from the government; others must continue to live in
- government-owned and subsidized housing. For the foreign buyer, while supply might exceed
- demand, real estate prices in Moscow and St. Petersburg proper rival those in cities such as
- New York, London and Tokyo. But many Russians still find themselves in situations where
- multiple families have individual rooms in a <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">коммуналка</em></span> communal apartment and others must live in cramped quarters with
- their extended families.</p></div></div></body></html>
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